Matthias Corvnus compelled every twenty families to provide him with one horse-soldier free of all charge. This was in 1458, and in confirmation of this story we are told that huss is an Hungarian word meaning twenty, and that ar means pay.

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When Matthias Corvnus succeeded to the crown of Hungary (1458), Mohammed III. and Frederick III. conspired to dethrone the boy king; but Matthias enrolled an army of Hussars, and was able to defy his enemies.